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A Bibliometric Analysis of Land Degradation and Desertification Monitoring Based on the Scopus Database (2021–2025)

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Land degradation and desertification threaten ecological balance, agricultural productivity, and human well-being, particularly in arid and semi-arid zones. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of global research on land degradation and desertification monitoring using remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) for the period 2021–2025, based on the Scopus database. A total of 655 peer-reviewed articles were retrieved and analysed with the Bibliometrix package in R to examine publication trends, leading journals, productive authors, institutions, contributing countries, collaboration patterns, and thematic structure. The results show an overall upward trend in scientific output, especially after 2022, alongside the rapid integration of machine learning, cloud computing, and advanced satellite data into monitoring workflows; remote sensing, land degradation, and GIS were the most frequent keywords. Output and citations were highly concentrated in a few countries, led by China, and the insti

Source: International Journal of Geoinformatics

DOI: 10.52939/ijg.v22i8.5142

Authors: B. Oralbaev, M Reimov, R. Oymatov, F. Kuzyev, T. Reymov, U. Mukhtorov, Y. Khudaybergenov

Institutions: Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Research Institute of Environment and Nature Conservation Technologies, Central Asian University of Environmental and Climate Change Studies (Green University), Karakalpak State University

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7204753905

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Cites: 42

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